This is a history of broadcasting and its impact on modern life in Britain from its origins in the 1920s to the outbreak of the Second World War. Its concerns a

An Introductory History of British Broadcasting is a concise and accessible history of British radio and television. It begins with the birth of radio at the be

This is a history of broadcasting and its impact on modern life in Britain from its origins in the 1920s to the outbreak of the Second World War. Its concerns a

It will be an ideal text for students in history, media and cultural studies and journalism, but it will also appeal to a wide general readership.

This book is the first full-length history of the BBC World Service: from its interwar launch as short-wave radio broadcasts for the British Empire, to its twen